Porous Asphalt | Asphalt Pavement Association of Oregon

Porous asphalt pavement for stormwater management. Traditionally, pavements are designed to allow rainfall and runoff to flow along the pavement surface, draining into adjacent catch basins and/or ditches of roads or parking lots. Porous asphalt pavement, on the other hand, is a type of type porous pavement structure specifically designed to ...

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Porous Asphalt The Specs

Porous Asphalt The Specs Tim Horton, Skillings Connolly Jessica Knickerbocker, City of Tacoma Mark A. Palmer, P.E., LEED AP, City Engineer, City of Puyallup WAPA/WSDOT/LTAP Joint Training-March 2015. Porous Asphalt:

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Pervious Surface Cleaning

These clogs can cause driving hazards to any area that utilizes porous pavement. Using up to 7,250 psi of pressure, the Surface Hog – Surface Cleaner can penetrate the macro texture of the pavement and wash away any dirt and debris clogging the pores of the asphalt, restoring its function of allowing water to seep through the surface.

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Porous Asphalt Fact Sheet - dauphincd.org

Porous asphalt is applicable to many uses, including parking lots, driveways, sidewalks, bike paths, playgrounds and tennis courts. With proper maintenance, including regular vacuuming of the surface to prevent clogging by sediment, porous asphalt can have a minimum service life of 20 years.

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Fact Sheet: Permeable Paving – MAPC

Permeable paving techniques include porous asphalt, pervious concrete, paving stones, and manufactured "grass pavers" made of concrete or plastic. Permeable paving may be used for walkways, patios, plazas, driveways, parking stalls, and overflow parking areas. A parking lot with conventional asphalt aisles and paving stone parking stalls.

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Pervious Pavement Design Guidance - UNI-GROUP U.S.A

Other terms such as 'permeable pavement' or 'porous pavement' are used in literature to describe what Caltrans has termed "pervious pavement." Pervious pavements consist of a surface layer made of either asphalt or concrete (cast-in-place or interlocking concrete units). 1.3 Benefits Benefits of pervious pavements include: 1.

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Development of a Specification for Porous Asphalt ...

Porous asphalt pavements (sometimes denoted as permeable pavements or pervious pavements) have been used successfully for many years throughout the United States as a means to reduce or eliminate stormwater runoff as well as to improve the quality of stormwater runoff. This is achieved by allowing the stormwater to penetrate completely

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Tech. Res. | Pavement Syst. & Stand. | Porous Asphalt

"Porous Pavement, A Green Step Forward", a presentation made by Henry Fedders, PE, at the 2009 Ohio Transportation Engineering Conference. Mr. Fedders and his associates report surprising data on a porous asphalt parking lot that was designed as a detention facility but is showing impressive results in infiltration and water quality improvement.

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Design and Contruction of a Porous Asphalt Stormwater BMP ...

A Porous Asphalt BMP is a BMP where the surface is composed of an asphalt open-graded friction course (OGFC) manufactured with larger-diameter aggregates to achieve an effective porosity of approximately 19% (by UNHSC Spec.). This OGFC is underlain with a subbase composed of larger-

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» Porous Asphalt Parking Lots

Porous asphalt pavement is a paved surface and subbase comprised of aggregates and asphalt binder, designed, placed and compacted in a manner resulting in a highly permeable asphalt concrete surface (approximately 17% voids). Porous asphalt pavements offer developers and planners a new tool in their toolbox for managing stormwater.

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Porous Asphalt Solutions | Albany & Upstate NY | HMA ...

Permeable asphalt is a sustainable material used to allow water to flow through its surface and permeate into the graded stone and soil below it reducing storm water run-off. As the water flows through the pavement and layered surfaces the amount of pollutants …

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Permeable Pavement - Green Building Alliance

Porous Asphalt is used on highways to remove excess water. Single-Sized Aggregate contains no binder and is commonly known as loose gravel. It can commonly be seen in very low-speed applications such as driveways or pathways. Plastic Grids allow for a porous system and are growing in popularity due to LEED project requirements. These grids ...

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Porous Asphalt - Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District

Porous asphalt pavement may be used to provide water quality volume (WQv), provided it is designed and constructed in accordance with Permeable Pavement Performance Criteria or is used in conjunction with a properly designed infiltration basin/trench, sand filter, or other approved BMP per the 2000 Maryland Stormwater Design Manual.

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Comparison of Permeable Pavement Types: Hydrology, …

Porous asphalt, pervious concrete, and permeable pavers all have the same underlying stormwater storage and support structure. The only difference is the permeable surface treatment. The choice of permeable surface is relevant to user needs, cost, material availability, constructability, and maintenance, but it has minimal impact

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Porous Asphalt Pavement - wispave.org

porous asphalt layers consist of asphalt binder, aggregates, sands, and recycled materials and are much like a dense-graded hot mix asphalt mixture. By limiting the amount of fines, the porous mixture allows for more air voids. (Typically between 16% and 22% is recommended.)

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An Introduction to Porous Pavement | Home & Garden ...

Porous asphalt (Fig. 1) Pervious concrete (Fig. 2) Permeable interlocking concrete pavers (PICP) (Fig.3) Both porous asphalt and pervious concrete are modified versions of the standard material where void space is created within the material to allow water to percolate through the pavement.

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Permeable paving - Wikipedia

Permeable pavement surfaces may be composed of; pervious concrete, porous asphalt, paving stones, or interlocking pavers. Unlike traditional impervious paving materials such as concrete and asphalt, permeable paving systems allow stormwater to percolate and infiltrate through the pavement and into the aggregate layers and/or soil below.

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UNHSC Design Specifications for Porous Asphalt Pavement ...

Porous asphalt pavement refers to the compacted mix of modified asphalt, aggregate, and additives. C. The porous asphalt pavement specified herein is modified after the National Asphalt Pavement Association (NAPA) specification outlined in Design, Construction, and Maintenance Guide for Porous Asphalt Pavements, Information Series 131 (2003 ...

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:: Pervious Pavement :: Pervious Concrete for Green ...

Pervious concrete pavement is a unique and effective means to address important environmental issues and support green, sustainable growth. By capturing stormwater and allowing it to seep into the ground, porous concrete is instrumental in recharging groundwater, reducing stormwater runoff, and meeting U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA ...

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Tech Brief: Porous Asphalt Pavements with Stone Reservoirs

Porous Asphalt Pavements with Stone Reservoirs . This Technical Brief provides an overview of the benefits, limitations and applications of porous asphalt pavements with stone reservoirs. Considerations for design and construction, as well as maintenance, are discussed. Introduction . Porous asphalt pavements with stone reservoirs are a

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PIP 1 – Guide to Specifying Pervious Concrete

the asphalt pavement and this fine asphalt grit clogs the permeable voids in pervious pavement. This material is very difficult to remove. Additionally, suspended materials in stormwater will reduce the permeability of pervious pavement and increase the frequency of cleaning and

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POROUS ASPHALT: DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION

POROUS ASPHALT: CONSIDERATION FOR USE 6. Porous asphalt is a good product for local roads, parking lots and trails. •Parking lots are tough test-low speed turning motions •Resist temptation to mix porous with impermeable pavements in same section •Depth of section can be an issue on high volume roads-consider pervious concrete to avoid existing utilities and for life cycle cost

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Porous Asphalt - Rutgers University

Porous asphalt can be installed up to the drip line of the trees and water, and air will filter through to the roots. Porous asphalt also meets most LEED requirements. During the winter, snow melt also filters through the media thus reducing the need for applications of salt and sand.

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POROUS PAVEMENT OPERATION AND …

Figure 1: Routine and adequate maintenance has allowed the porous asphalt parking lot at the Morris Arboretum to still be effective 20 years after installation. Planted areas adjacent to porous pavement should be well maintained to prevent soil washout onto the pavement. If any washout does occur it should be cleaned off the

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Porous asphalt reduces storm water runoff | Asphalt magazine

Porous asphalt pavement is comprised of a permeable asphalt surface placed over a granular working platform on top of a reservoir of large stone. The asphalt surface is made permeable by building it with an open-graded friction course. The layer underneath the porous asphalt has the storage capacity to hold the collected water.

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Permeable Pavers vs. Porous Asphalt Which Is the Best ...

Pervious materials are more susceptible to freeze-thaw damage than porous materials, yet can retain more water than porous asphalt. Infiltration rates of water leeching is hundreds of inches per hour initially for pervious concrete, but over time this can become …

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Soak Up the Rain: Permeable Pavement | US EPA

Soak Up the Rain: Permeable Pavement. Alternatives to traditional pavement on our paved surfaces can help reduce runoff by infiltrating rain water and melting snow. These alternative materials which include pervious asphalt, pervious concrete, interlocking pavers, and plastic grid pavers, allow rain and snowmelt to seep through the surface down ...

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Permeable Pavement: The Pros and Cons You Need to Know ...

Permeable pavement is a pavement type with a porous surface that is composed of concrete, open pore pavers or asphalt with an underlying stone reservoir. Also considered as green pavement, it allows water to run through it rather than accumulate on it or run off of it. The precipitation and water get stored in the reservoir from where it slowly infiltrates the soil below or is drained via a ...

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Pervious Pavement - Vermont

Porous Asphalt. Porous asphalt is considered the cheapest and easiest of the pervious paving options. It is also the easiest to fix when damaged, but is the most susceptible to being damaged, espe-cially in a Northeastern climate. Porous Asphalt does require maintenance, as the pores will become clogged over time and need to be vacuumed clean.

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How It Works: Porous Asphalt Pavements | For Construction Pros

The porous asphalt course consists of a 2- to 4-in. thick open-graded asphalt layer. The pavement should be a mix containing little sand or dust, with approximately 16 percent voids.

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